Knicks Win 13th Straight, Capture First Atlantic Division Title in 19 Years | Zagsblog
Recent Posts
About ZagsBlog
Adam Zagoria covers basketball at all levels. He is the author of two books and an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Sports Illustrated, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide.
Follow Zags on Twitter
Couldn't connect with Twitter
Contact Zags
Connect with Zags:
Friday / March 29.
  • Knicks Win 13th Straight, Capture First Atlantic Division Title in 19 Years

    Share Zagsblog Share Zagsblog
    http://web.sny.tv/media/video.jsp?content_id=26160181

    With their 120-99 victory over the Washington Wizards Tuesday night, the Knicks won their 13th straight game and, more importantly, captured their first Atlantic Division title since the 1993-94 campaign.

    That team reached the NBA Finals.

    “It says a lot, it says a lot about our team,” Carmelo Anthony, who notched 36 points, eight rebounds and six assists, told MSG after the game. “We reached one of our goals that we set at the beginning of the season. We been playing phenomenal, we came together as a group, we set our goals, we reached one of them and and we just trying to prepare ourselves for the postseason.”

    The Knicks (51-26) appear headed to a postseason showdown with the Boston Celtics, who had won the Atlantic title the previous five years.

    New York — which has won the most games in a season since 1996-97 — is 3-1 this season against Boston.

    Iman Shumpert added 18 points and Chris Copeland had 17.

    Kenyon Martin left the game in the fourth quarter with what coach Mike Woodson called a severely sprained left ankle, and Tyson Chandler sat out the game with a reoccurrence of the bulging disc injury in his neck.

    Anthony, meantime, leads the NBA in scoring at 28.6 points per game and could become the first Knick since newly-minted Hall of Famer Bernard King to win the scoring title.

    “It is great, wonderful,” Raymond Felton said of winning the division. “It was one of our goals we set early in the season so we are happy that we accomplished it. It is very special. I am very proud of our coaches, our teammates. I’m glad we accomplished it.”

    **For Video, Notes & Quotes, read the NBA.com Notebook here.

    Photo: New York Times

    Written by

    [email protected]

    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

  • } });
    X